diff --git a/src/cai/agents/dfir.py b/src/cai/agents/dfir.py
index c2a4902e..b2272539 100644
--- a/src/cai/agents/dfir.py
+++ b/src/cai/agents/dfir.py
@@ -31,14 +31,13 @@ from cai.tools.reconnaissance.exec_code import (  # pylint: disable=import-error
     execute_code
 )
 
-
 from cai.tools.reconnaissance.shodan import shodan_search
 from cai.tools.web.google_search import google_search
 from cai.tools.misc.reasoning import think  # pylint: disable=import-error
 
 # Prompts
 dfir_agent_system_prompt = load_prompt_template("prompts/system_dfir_agent.md")
-# Define functions list based on available API keys
+# Define tool list based on available API keys
 tools = [
     generic_linux_command,
     run_ssh_command_with_credentials,
diff --git a/src/cai/agents/network_traffic_analyzer.py b/src/cai/agents/network_traffic_analyzer.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a2cb037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cai/agents/network_traffic_analyzer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+"""Network Traffic Security Analyzer Agent
+Network Traffic Security Analysis Agent module for monitoring and analyzing network communications from a cybersecurity perspective.
+This agent specializes in:
+
+- Security-focused packet analysis: Identifying malicious patterns in network packets
+- Protocol security analysis: Detecting protocol abuse and malicious exploitation
+- Threat monitoring: Real-time detection of suspicious network traffic patterns
+- Attack surface identification: Mapping potential network entry points for attackers
+- Network anomaly detection: Identifying unusual patterns indicating potential security incidents
+- Lateral movement detection: Spotting signs of attackers moving through the network
+- Security event correlation: Connecting related security events across the network
+- Malicious traffic identification: Detecting command and control traffic and data exfiltration
+- Continuous traffic monitoring: Real-time analysis of ongoing network traffic captures
+
+Objectives:
+- Incident root cause analysis: Identifying the original cause of security incidents
+- Threat actor analysis: Analyzing network patterns to identify and profile potential threat actors
+- Vulnerability impact understanding: Assessing how vulnerabilities affect network security
+"""
+import os
+from openai import AsyncOpenAI
+from cai.sdk.agents import Agent, OpenAIChatCompletionsModel, handoff  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from cai.util import load_prompt_template
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from cai.tools.command_and_control.sshpass import (  # pylint: disable=import-error # noqa: E501
+    run_ssh_command_with_credentials
+)
+
+from cai.tools.reconnaissance.generic_linux_command import (  # pylint: disable=import-error # noqa: E501
+    generic_linux_command
+)
+from cai.tools.web.search_web import (  # pylint: disable=import-error # noqa: E501
+    make_web_search_with_explanation
+)
+
+from cai.tools.reconnaissance.exec_code import (  # pylint: disable=import-error # noqa: E501
+    execute_code
+)
+
+
+from cai.tools.reconnaissance.shodan import shodan_search
+from cai.tools.web.google_search import google_search
+from cai.tools.misc.reasoning import think  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from cai.agents.dfir import dfir_agent
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+
+
+###
+# Import remote traffic capture tools
+
+from cai.tools.network.capture_traffic import (
+    capture_remote_traffic,
+    remote_capture_session
+)
+
+
+# Prompts
+network_security_analyzer_prompt = load_prompt_template("prompts/system_network_analyzer.md")
+# Define tools list based on available API keys
+tools = [
+    generic_linux_command,
+    run_ssh_command_with_credentials,
+    execute_code,
+    capture_remote_traffic,
+    remote_capture_session,
+]
+
+if os.getenv('PERPLEXITY_API_KEY'):
+    tools.append(make_web_search_with_explanation)
+
+network_security_analyzer_agent = Agent(
+    name="Network Security Analyzer",
+    instructions=network_security_analyzer_prompt,
+    description="""Agent that specializes in network security analysis.
+                   Expert in monitoring, capturing, and analyzing network communications for security threats.""",
+        model=OpenAIChatCompletionsModel(
+        model=os.getenv('CAI_MODEL', "qwen2.5:14b"),
+        openai_client=AsyncOpenAI(),
+    ),
+    tools=tools,
+    handoffs=[ # Handoff to DFIR agent for further analysis
+        handoff(
+            agent=dfir_agent,
+            tool_name_override="handoff_to_dfir_agent",
+            tool_description_override="Call the DFIR agent for deeper forensic analysis of security incidents"
+        )
+    ]
+)
diff --git a/src/cai/prompts/system_network_analyzer.md b/src/cai/prompts/system_network_analyzer.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb24baf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cai/prompts/system_network_analyzer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+You are a highly specialized Network Traffic Security Analyzer agent working in a Security Operations Center (SOC) environment, focused on monitoring, capturing, and analyzing network communications from a cybersecurity perspective.
+
+Your primary objective is to detect, analyze, and respond to security threats and incidents through network traffic analysis. Your security-focused capabilities include:
+- Security-focused packet analysis: Using tcpdump, tshark, Wireshark to identify malicious patterns
+- Protocol security analysis: Detecting protocol abuse, malformed packets, and exploitation attempts
+- Threat hunting: Proactively searching for indicators of compromise in network traffic
+- Attack surface identification: Mapping potential network entry points for attackers
+- Network security monitoring: Continuous monitoring for signs of intrusion or malicious activity
+- Lateral movement detection: Identifying signs of attackers moving through the network
+- Malicious traffic identification: Detecting command and control traffic and data exfiltration
+- IOC extraction and correlation: Identifying and correlating indicators of compromise
+
+Your key security objectives are:
+- Incident root cause analysis: Identifying the original cause of security incidents through traffic analysis
+- Threat actor analysis: Analyzing network patterns to identify and profile threat actors and their TTPs
+- Vulnerability impact understanding: Assessing how vulnerabilities in network protocols or systems affect security posture
+
+For each security analysis:
+- Capture relevant traffic: Use appropriate tools to gather security-relevant network data
+- Apply security filters: Focus on suspicious protocols, ports, or hosts for detailed threat analysis
+- Identify attack patterns: Recognize known attack signatures and suspicious behavior
+- Detect anomalies: Identify deviations from normal traffic patterns that may indicate compromise
+- Correlate security events: Connect related security activities to identify attack campaigns
+- Document security findings: Provide clear reports of security incidents and recommendations
+
+You continuously iterate to improve threat detection techniques
+Use appropriate tools for each security analysis task
+If stuck, return to thought agent for a new approach
+
+Key Security Guidelines:
+- ALWAYS prioritize critical security threats over performance issues
+- Use efficient filtering techniques to isolate malicious traffic
+- Consider time correlations when analyzing multi-stage attacks
+- Analyze encrypted traffic patterns even when payload inspection is limited
+- Identify communication with known malicious domains/IPs
+- Correlate network traffic with system logs for comprehensive threat analysis
+- Use threat intelligence to enhance detection capabilities
+- Apply behavioral analysis for detecting unknown threats
+- Monitor for data exfiltration and command & control communications
+- Be mindful of anti-forensics techniques used by sophisticated attackers
+
+Security Analysis Session Management:
+
+You can create and manage interactive shell sessions for security tools like tcpdump, tshark, and other utilities.
+- To start a new session: Use generic_linux_command with commands like tcpdump -i eth0, tshark -i eth0, etc.
+- To list active sessions: generic_linux_command("session", "list")
+- To get output from a session: generic_linux_command("session", "output <session_id>")
+- To send input to a session: generic_linux_command("<command>", "<args>", session_id="<session_id>")
+- To terminate a session: generic_linux_command("session", "kill <session_id>")
+
+### Updated examples to read a limited number of packets at a time with tshark
+
+Example security workflows:
+1. Threat hunting and detection:
+   - Capture suspicious traffic: generic_linux_command("tcpdump", "-i eth0 -w capture.pcap") → Returns session ID
+   - Hunt for suspicious connections: generic_linux_command("tshark", "-r capture.pcap -c 100 -Y 'ip.addr==suspicious_ip || dns.qry.name contains badword'")
+   - Analyze for potential C2 traffic: generic_linux_command("tshark", "-r capture.pcap -c 100 -Y 'tcp.flags==0x18 && tcp.analysis.keep_alive'")
+   - Inspect for DNS tunneling: generic_linux_command("tshark", "-r capture.pcap -c 100 -Y 'dns' -T fields -e dns.qry.name | sort -u | grep -E '.{30,}'")
+
+2. Security incident analysis:
+   - Analyze suspicious connections: generic_linux_command("tshark", "-r incident.pcap -c 100 -z hosts")
+   - Examine attack timeline: generic_linux_command("tshark", "-r incident.pcap -c 100 -T fields -e frame.time -e ip.src -e ip.dst -e _ws.col.Info | grep attacker_ip")
+   - Reconstruct attack sessions: generic_linux_command("tshark", "-r incident.pcap -c 100 -z follow,tcp,ascii,1")
+   - Extract potential malicious payloads: generic_linux_command("tshark", "-r incident.pcap -c 100 -Y 'http.request.uri contains shell' -T fields -e http.file_data")
+
+3. Threat actor profiling:
+   - Identify attack patterns: generic_linux_command("tshark", "-r breach.pcap -c 100 -z conv,tcp")
+   - Analyze attacker techniques: generic_linux_command("tshark", "-r breach.pcap -c 100 -Y 'ip.src==attacker_ip' -T fields -e frame.time -e tcp.dstport | sort")
+   - Detect scanning activity: generic_linux_command("tshark", "-r breach.pcap -c 100 -Y 'tcp.flags.syn==1 && tcp.flags.ack==0' | sort -k3")
+   - Compare with known threat actors: generic_linux_command("grep", "-f known_threat_iocs.txt connections.log")
+
+4. Data exfiltration detection:
+   - Identify large data transfers: generic_linux_command("tshark", "-r capture.pcap -c 100 -z conv,ip | sort -k11nr | head")
+   - Detect unusual protocols: generic_linux_command("tshark", "-r capture.pcap -c 100 -T fields -e ip.proto | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr")
+   - Analyze encrypted traffic patterns: generic_linux_command("tshark", "-r capture.pcap -c 100 -Y 'tls' -T fields -e ip.dst -e tcp.dstport | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr")
+   - Identify DNS exfiltration: generic_linux_command("tshark", "-r capture.pcap -c 100 -Y 'dns' -T fields -e dns.qry.name | awk '{print length($0)\" \"$0}' | sort -nr | head")
diff --git a/src/cai/tools/network/capture_traffic.py b/src/cai/tools/network/capture_traffic.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf674826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cai/tools/network/capture_traffic.py
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import paramiko
+import tempfile
+import os
+import subprocess
+import time
+import socket
+import sys
+from contextlib import contextmanager 
+from cai.sdk.agents import function_tool
+
+@function_tool
+def capture_remote_traffic(ip, username, password, interface, capture_filter="", port=22, timeout=10):
+    """
+    Captures network traffic from a remote VM and returns a pipe that can be read by tshark.
+    
+    Args:
+        ip (str): IP address of the remote VM
+        username (str): SSH username for the remote VM
+        password (str): SSH password for the remote VM
+        interface (str): Network interface to capture on (e.g., eth0)
+        capture_filter (str, optional): tcpdump filter expression
+        port (int, optional): SSH port (default: 22)
+        timeout (int, optional): Connection timeout in seconds (default: 10)
+        
+    Returns:
+        subprocess.Popen: A process with stdout that can be read by tshark
+        
+    Raises:
+        ConnectionError: If connection to the remote VM fails
+        RuntimeError: If traffic capture fails to start
+    """
+    try:
+        # Create SSH client and connect to remote VM
+        client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+        client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+        
+        print(f"Connecting to {ip}:{port} as {username}...")
+        client.connect(ip, port=port, username=username, password=password, timeout=timeout)
+        
+        # Verify interface exists
+        _, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command(f"ip link show {interface}")
+        if stdout.channel.recv_exit_status() != 0:
+            error = stderr.read().decode().strip()
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Interface {interface} not found: {error}")
+        
+        # Check if we have necessary permissions
+        _, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("which tcpdump")
+        if stdout.channel.recv_exit_status() != 0:
+            raise RuntimeError("tcpdump not found on remote system")
+        
+        # Build tcpdump command with filter if provided
+        tcpdump_cmd = f"tcpdump -U -i {interface} -w - "
+        if capture_filter:
+            tcpdump_cmd += f"'{capture_filter}'"
+        
+        print(f"Starting capture on {ip}:{interface}...")
+        
+        # Start tcpdump process on remote machine and get its output
+        stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command(tcpdump_cmd)
+        
+        # Check if tcpdump started successfully (non-blocking check)
+        time.sleep(1)
+        if stdout.channel.exit_status_ready():
+            error = stderr.read().decode().strip()
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to start tcpdump: {error}")
+        
+        # Create a named pipe (FIFO) for tshark to read from
+        fifo_path = tempfile.mktemp()
+        os.mkfifo(fifo_path)
+        
+        # Start a process to read from SSH and write to the FIFO
+        def pipe_ssh_to_fifo():
+            try:
+                with open(fifo_path, 'wb') as fifo:
+                    while True:
+                        data = stdout.read(4096)
+                        if not data:
+                            break
+                        fifo.write(data)
+                        fifo.flush()
+            except (BrokenPipeError, OSError) as e:
+                print(f"Error in pipe_ssh_to_fifo: {str(e)}")
+            finally:
+                print("Closing FIFO due to error or completion.")
+
+        import threading
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=pipe_ssh_to_fifo, daemon=True)
+        thread.start()
+        
+        print(f"Capture running. Data available at: {fifo_path}")
+        print(f"You can now use: tshark -r {fifo_path} -c 100 [options]")
+        
+        # Example usage in the context manager
+        subprocess.run(["tshark", "-r", fifo_path, "-c", "100"])
+        
+        return fifo_path
+        
+    except paramiko.AuthenticationException:
+        raise ConnectionError("Authentication failed. Check username and password.")
+    except paramiko.SSHException as e:
+        raise ConnectionError(f"SSH connection error: {str(e)}")
+    except socket.timeout:
+        raise ConnectionError(f"Connection timed out after {timeout} seconds")
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Unexpected error: {str(e)}")
+
+
+@function_tool # TODO: not ideal to decorete this context manager.
+@contextmanager
+def remote_capture_session(ip, username, password, interface, capture_filter="", port=22):
+    """
+    Context manager for remote traffic capture that automatically cleans up resources.
+    
+    Usage:
+        with remote_capture_session("192.168.1.100", "admin", "password", "eth0") as fifo_path:
+            # Run tshark to read from the FIFO
+            subprocess.run(["tshark", "-r", fifo_path, "-T", "fields", "-e", "ip.src"])
+    """
+    fifo_path = None
+    client = None
+    
+    try:
+        fifo_path = capture_remote_traffic(ip, username, password, interface, 
+                                          capture_filter=capture_filter, port=port)
+        yield fifo_path
+    finally:
+        if fifo_path and os.path.exists(fifo_path):
+            try:
+                os.unlink(fifo_path)
+            except:
+                pass
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Example usage
+    if len(sys.argv) < 5:
+        print("Usage: capture_traffic.py <ip> <username> <password> <interface> [filter]")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    
+    ip = sys.argv[1]
+    username = sys.argv[2]
+    password = sys.argv[3]
+    interface = sys.argv[4]
+    capture_filter = sys.argv[5] if len(sys.argv) > 5 else ""
+    
+    try:
+        with remote_capture_session(ip, username, password, interface, capture_filter) as fifo_path:
+            # Keep the script running until interrupted
+            print("Press Ctrl+C to stop the capture")
+            while True:
+                time.sleep(1)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("\nCapture stopped")
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error: {str(e)}")
+        sys.exit(1)
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